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A brief history of puzzles : baffling brainteasers from the sphinx to sudoku / William Hartston.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hartston, William, 1947- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Puzzles--History.
- Puzzles.
- Mathematical recreations--History.
- Mathematical recreations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (105 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Atlantic Books, 2019.
- Summary:
- From ancient riddles to modern Sudoku, people have been fascinated by puzzles. Whether they are seen as a glorious waste of time, a harmless way to spend a train journey or a valuable way of exercising the mind, the lure of puzzles has been irresistible. By using over a hundred of examples of the most mindbending, the most challenging, the most satisfying, or simply the most humorous of puzzles throughout the ages, William Hartston traces the development of brainteasers of all varieties and the increasing ingenuity of puzzle setters from ancient civilisations to modern puzzle crazes.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 0 Primeval Puzzle Prelude
- 1 Medieval Maths, Mysteries and Merriment
- 2 Parisian Perplexities, Problems and Posers
- 3 The Great Victorian Puzzlers
- 4 Puzzles Worthy of the Name
- 5 More Word Puzzles
- 6 The Logic of Hats
- 7 The Most Baffling Logic of All
- 8 Weights, Measures, Speed
- 9 Psychological Puzzles
- 10 Miscellaneous and Mysterious
- The Prize Puzzle
- Solutions
- A Note about the Author.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on print record.
- ISBN:
- 9781786494283
- 1786494280
- OCLC:
- 1121131513
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